LAMPhimerus: A novel LAMP assay for detecting Amphimerus sp. DNA in human stool samples.

• Hoofdauteurs: William Cevallos (Auteur), Pedro Fernández-Soto (Auteur), Manuel Calvopiña (Auteur), Cristina Fontecha-Cuenca (Auteur), Hiromu Sugiyama (Auteur), Megumi Sato (Auteur), Julio López Abán (Auteur), Belén Vicente (Auteur), Antonio Muro (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Amphimeriasis is a fish-borne disease caused by the liver fluke Amphimerus spp. that has recently been reported as endemic in the tropical Pacific side of Ecuador with a high prevalence in humans and domestic animals. The diagnosis is based on the stool examination to identify parasite eggs, but it...